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Saying that we can't talk of politics and then making reference to " Film makers who produce alleged documentaries and former Vice > Presidents who claim to have invented the Internet and be the Fount of All > Knowledge regarding global warming" is slightly disingenuous. It's like saying I will not mention loud-mouthed drug-addicted liars on the radio, or buffoons in the oval office. Let's get back to the subject at hand - talking about politicians only encourages them. Best, Joseph Mayes On 4/17/08 9:25 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Jim, et. al., > > While this is not the forum for political rantings, I can not in good > conscience let some of these comments go unanswered. And you, Jim, also know > that I respect you and consider you a friend even though we have some > fundamental disagreements on this topic. Which is why we never discuss > politics but only make music, something we can both agree wholeheartedly on > and that transcends politics. > > Jim wrote: >> >> Fact-checking takes time, and editors must be paid, so accurate reporting is >> time- and labor-intensive. Today's blogosphere, which rewards unschooled >> right-wing loudmouths who spew half-truths and worse, has no interest in >> that. > > To be truthful, and after all isn't that what we all want, this is not limited > only to the right wing blogoshpere, nor the right wing as a whole. There are > many on the left who are rewarded quite handsomely for publishing their half > truths and lies. Film makers who produce alleged documentaries and former Vice > Presidents who claim to have invented the Internet and be the Fount of All > Knowledge regarding global warming come immediately to mind. > >> In short, you get what you pay for. Online articles are sometimes by non- >> experts and are not edited, but they're free. Everyone wants things free >> nowadays but complains when it does not meet their standards of accuracy To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
